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| Subject: | Re: [gislist] SUM: Garmin GPSMAP 60CS to ArcGIS 9.0 |
| Date: |
11/11/2005 05:35:01 AM |
| From: |
Sonny Parafina |
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Here's a software solution that I have used with USB GPS devices. It
works quite well.
http://franson.com/gpsgate/index.asp?
Vassil Vassilev wrote:
> Dear all, thanks to James R. Readel and David T.
> Hughes who replied. They confirmed my knowledge that
> ArcGIS does not support USB connect options for the
> GPS.
> Here are their suggestions:
>
> 1.
> ArcGIS is looking for a serial (com port) connection.
> Your message is unclear regarding connectivity
> hardware. With only a USB port available to you,
> maybe this will help.
> You can use a USB Serial Adapter such as:
> http://catalog.belkin.com/IWCatProductPage.process?Merchant_Id=1&Product_Id=
> 20938
> or Bluetooth:
> http://www.aircables.net/serial.html
> I prefer the AIRcable since it is a "wire-free"
> option.
> Also check your Device Manager to verify a Com port
> assignment exists.
>
> James R. Readel
>
> 2.
> Probably someone else has already told you this, but
> if not here's my opinion: I haven't checked ArcGIS
> 9.X, but in prior versions their GPS support did not
> include USB connect options. There are drivers out
> there
> that make your USB 'look like' a serial port to the
> operating system, and these sometimes work for some
> things (for instance, the Delorme USB/Serial
> software works with ArcGIS) but that shuts off access
> to the device through the USB channel for other
> software. To my knowledge there is not a good
> solution to the problem right now, but if you hear of
> one, I'd like to know about it, too.
>
> David T. Hughes, Ph.D.
> Associate Professor of Anthropology
> Wichita State University
>
>
>
> And here is the solution that I found. I bought a
> cable USB-810 to Serial(DB9)with a driver for it (it
> is from a Chinese manufacturer and here in Bulgaria
> it's quite cheap - 10-15$). So I took the cable from
> my old Garmin 12CX, and the Chinese cable. With both
> of them the USB 'look like' a serial port to the
> operating system (as David suggested) and everything
> is just fine with my portable PC and GPSMAP 60CS which
> now I am able to command vocaly to store GPS points,
> to make polygons by the tracks, to change their
> attributes, etc. If you are interested from this
> technology visit:
> http://www.safir-fp6.org/
>
> Best regards and once again thanks for the support,
>
> Vassil Vassilev
>
> Remote Sensing Application Center - ReSAC
> Bulgaria
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> www.resac-bg.org
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